ROCK AND/OR ROLL

The late Buddy Holly's glasses had been missing for more than 20 years when Iowa Sheriff Jerry Allen came upon them in a misfiled envelope. As a part of this episode, I spoke with Sheriff Allen's daughter Jennifer about that discovery and its aftermath. This episode serves as a prelude to what comes next: beginning on Thursday, January 23, we’re going to go on that fateful tour with Buddy Holly and the others, with an episode per day from January 23rd to February 3rd, one for each show, as we follow those young pioneers of rock and roll on their ill-fated journey, a terribly planned criss-crossing tour of the Midwest: The Tour From Hell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before the Velvet Underground, before Zappa, The Fugs were the first underground band, sort of, or a series of bands, but it was really a subversive art project, obnoxiously irreverent, a direct challenge to the establishment, investigated by the FBI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for another digital mix tape ripped from BJ's vinyl collection. RON BOLTON BAND - WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT TRICKSTER - BUMP IN THE NIGHT TABOO ZOO - BLUE EYES BIG STREET - CAMOUFLAGE RADIO BANDITS - SUZY JIM QUEALY BAND - BUSTED THE ONES - TOMORROW'S HEROES (ARE TODAY'S JERKS) ROBIN LANE - HARD COVER  IDLE TEARS - FINGERS ON THE PULSE OF AMERICA THE REPUBLIC - CALLING OUT TO YOU THE RAIN - TOO LATE TO SURRENDER THE SHAKE - SO INTOXIFYING EXODUS - FOREVER AND A DAY PAPER DOLLS - I THOUGHT YOU KNEW BITTER PLEASURES - GUILT REACTION FAILSAFE - GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVE THE TOES - HEADS FLYING TIGERS - GOLDEN TOUCH BLEACHED BLACK - YOU COULDN'T TELL ME VELVET CRUSH - OUT OF MY HANDS JEREMY MORRIS - PART OF ME/PART OF YOU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just in time, a Christmas playlist for you to enjoy, or put on in the background. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released in 2013. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released February 2015: BJ gets down deeper and down with one of his favorite rock bands of the seventies--Status Quo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VOTE HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Same name, different band. METELICA - TRAIN METELICA - TIME AND TIME AGAIN NIRVANA - PENTECOST HOTEL NIRVANA - SATELLITE JOCKEY NEW EDITION - SUNSHINE SATURDAY OASIS - SMILE FOR THE SUN KID ROCK - ICE CREAM MAN THE EAGLES - YOUR ENEMY CAN'T HURT YOU THE SUPREMES - JUST FOR YOU AND I PANTERA - I CONFESS CINDERELLA - FROM TOWN TO TOWN THE RUNAWAYS - WHERE WE CAME FROM THE MISFITS - YOU REALLY WANT ME THE STROKES - WHATCHA GONNA DO DISTURBED - I DON'T BELIEVE OFFSPRING - WINDFALL VELVET UNDERGROUND - SOMEBODY TO LOVE IRON MAIDEN - FALLING HEART - LOVEMAKER THE KNACK - ALWAYS POISON - GET UP AND MOVE YOUR BODY PUBLIC ENEMY - NO RESPECT ANTHRAX - PPB WARRANT - SATAN NEW ORDER - ROCK 'N' ROLL SOLDIERS WAYNE COUNTY AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS - MAX'S KANSAS CITY LUCKY HILL AND THE ROLLING STONES - I'M WONDERING GENE SIMMONS - MONEY MONEY MONEY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released Aug 2016: BJ is once again joined by Julian Gill from the KissFAQ podcast, this time for a discussion about the roller coaster career of legendary sleaze rocker Zodiac Mindwarp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2014 a certain record sold on ebay for $14,000. The lucky seller purchased the album at a Goodwill in New Hampshire for $1.00. As it turned out, very few copies existed because the majority of whatever had been pressed had most likely been shipped straight to a landfill by the label as a shady tax write off. And this wasn't a one-off scam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices